User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ASTRO® XTL™ 5000 Mobile Radio with W4, W5, W7, and W9 Control Heads User's Guide
- Front Cover
- W4 Quick Reference Card
- W5 Quick Reference Card
- Control Head Front Foldout
- Inside Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Operating Procedures
- General Radio Features
- Often-used Features
- Emergency Call and Alarm
- Scan Operation
- Turn On Scan
- Turn Scan On While Disregarding the Squelch Code (Conventional Modes Only)
- View a Scan List
- Transmit While Scan Is On
- Temporarily Delete a Nuisance Mode With Scan On (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Restore a Nuisance Mode (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Change Mode Priorities While Scan Is On (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Restore Mode Priorities in a Scan List (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Program a Scan List
- Hang Up Box (HUB)
- Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights)
- Time-Out Timer
- Push-To-Talk Identification (PTT-ID)
- Conventional Radio Features
- Trunking Operation
- Features Used on Trunking Systems
- Telephone Interconnect List
- Unlimited Telephone Interconnect (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Enhanced Private Conversation (Digital Modes Only)
- Call Alert Page (Digital Modes Only)
- Failsoft
- Dynamic Regrouping (Digital Modes Only)
- SmartZone® (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Out-of-Range Indication
- Trunked Announcement
- Secure Operation
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
- Control Head Back Foldout
- W7 Quick Reference Card
- W9 Quick Reference Card
- Back Cover
ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with W4, W5, W7, and W9 89
Secure Operation
Select an Encryption Key (Conventional Only)
The Select Key feature allows you to manually select any one of the
16 encryption keys.
If the current mode is programmed with key selection being strapped
to force the current mode to use a predetermined key, the Select Key
menu will not appear as a Secure menu item.
1 Press and hold down the
D button until a tone sounds, which
indicates entry into the Advanced Secure menu.
2 Turn the Mode knob (W4) or press the Mode rocker button
(W5, W7, W9) to locate the
KEY SEL option.
3 Press the Sel button to enter the Key Selection menu.
The display changes to show the last user-selected key.
4 Do one of the following:
• Turn the Mode knob (W4) or press the Mode rocker button
(W5, W7, W9) to review the encryption keys,
OR
• Use direct keypad entry to access the encryption keys.
5 Choose one of the following:
• To save a key, press the Sel button.
The radio returns to the home display.
• To select the default encryption keys on a radio-wide basis,
press the Sel button while the radio displays
PRESET.
Selecting preset causes the radio to return to its
preprogrammed keys on a per-zone/-mode basis.
Note: When you scroll to an erased key, the display alternates
between the key name and
ERASED.